U.S. Representative — Mississippi's 1st District
Trent Kelly
Republican · Mississippi
Republican U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 1st congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.5468 — Community College Agriculture Advancement Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 18, 2025)
Community College Agriculture Advancement Act of 2025 This bill allows the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make competitive grants to assist eligible entities (i.e., a junior or community college, or a consortium or alliance of two-year public colleges, supporting agriculture advancement) in… - H.R.3476 — Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 17, 2025)
- H.R.3397 — Pacific Ready Coast Guard Act (Introduced, May 14, 2025)
- H.R.3151 — SHIPS for America Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 1, 2025)
- H.R.2329 — Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act (Introduced, Mar 25, 2025)
Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act This bill addresses trade between the United States and Uzbekistan. Specifically, the bill authorizes the President to determine that Section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 (commonly known as the Jackson-Vanik amendment) does not apply to Uzbekistan. The Jackson-Vanik… - H.R.1571 — Bureaucratic Labor Adjustment and Downsizing Effort Act (Introduced, Feb 25, 2025)
- H.R.1170 — Congressional Access to Military Posts Act of 2025 (Introduced, Feb 10, 2025)
- H.R.622 — To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jan 22, 2025)
This bill increases funding for the Conservation Stewardship Program. As background, this Department of Agriculture program provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to maintain and improve existing conservation systems and to adopt additional conservation activities in a…
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9517 — UNLOCK AUKUS Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.8730 — Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.7651 — Chloe Cole Act of 2026 (Reported, Jul 15, 2026)
- H.R.8330 — Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 15, 2026)
- H.R.6029 — To amend the Bank Secrecy Act to exempt transactions with respect to cash reward payments by crime stopper organizations from certain currency transaction reports. (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
- H.R.1351 — Promoting American Patriotism In Our Schools Act (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
- H.R.9535 — Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 30, 2026)
- H.R.645 — National Constitutional Carry Act (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
Voting analysis
Trent Kelly chairs the armed services subcommittee on seapower and projection forces, and his filings follow it closely enough that the connection is not in doubt: a coast guard readiness measure for the Pacific, and a shipbuilding bill.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Trent Kelly's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (12), Government Operations and Politics (8), Commerce (5), Agriculture and Food (4), Transportation and Public Works (4), Emergency Management (2).
A departure on the winning side
He broke from his conference once, and it counted. He supported an amendment his party opposed, and the amendment was adopted. Most single departures in this data are votes on the losing end of a question already decided; his changed the text of a bill.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
Among the Mississippi Republicans
Mississippi's three House Republicans keep one of the lowest internal averages in the chamber, and Kelly is beneath even that. He also did not miss a vote.
Among the 3 Republicans in the Mississippi delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 1.6%. Trent Kelly is below that average at 0.5%.
The rest of the filings
Agriculture advancement through community colleges, a forest conservation easement programme, and normalised trade with Uzbekistan sit alongside the naval measures. Government operations is the second-largest classified subject after armed forces.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 49 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure
He entered through a special election in the middle of the last decade and now sits in the veteran band.
First elected in 2015, now serving across 6 terms. Trent Kelly falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Trent Kelly has 67 bills sponsored, 1059 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Agriculture
- House Committee on Armed Services
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- House Committee on Agriculture: Forestry and Horticulture
- House Committee on Agriculture: Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
- House Committee on Armed Services: Intelligence and Special Operations
- House Committee on Armed Services: Seapower and Projection Forces (Chairman)
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Central Intelligence Agency
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: National Security Agency and Cyber
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